Ansible playbooks

What Are Ansible Playbooks?

Ansible playbooks are the heart of Ansible automation, enabling users to define tasks in a structured and human-readable format.

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What Are Ansible Variables?

Ansible variables are a core feature that allows users to make playbooks dynamic and reusable.

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Where Are Ansible Logs Stored?

Ansible logs are crucial for debugging, auditing, and monitoring your automation workflows.

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Where Are Ansible Playbooks Stored?

Ansible playbooks are essential for defining automation workflows, and storing them in an organized and accessible manner is critical for efficient operations.

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Luca Berton at CfgMgmtCamp 2025: Ansible Automation Expert on Neo4j GenAI

Introduction CfgMgmtCamp 2025, the premier event for systems administrators, DevOps engineers, and Infrastructure as Code enthusiasts, is taking place in Ghent, Belgium, from February 3–5, 2025.

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Luca Berton at CfgMgmtCamp 2025: Ansible Automation Expert on Neo4j GenAI

Introduction CfgMgmtCamp 2025, the premier event for systems administrators, DevOps engineers, and Infrastructure as Code enthusiasts, is taking place in Ghent, Belgium, from February 3–5, 2025.

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Mastering Nested Lists in Ansible Playbooks: A Practical Guide

Introduction Ansible’s flexibility in automation often involves handling intricate data structures.

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Transforming JSON Data in Ansible Playbooks: A Practical Guide

Introduction Modern IT automation often requires handling complex JSON data, whether from APIs, configuration files, or dynamic inputs.

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Managing Compliance Drift with Ansible: A Guide to Ensuring Configuration Consistency

Managing Compliance Drift with Ansible In the fast-paced world of IT operations, maintaining configuration compliance is essential for securing systems and ensuring operational efficiency.

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Avoid Variable Collisions in Ansible with loop_control

When writing Ansible playbooks, efficient use of variables is crucial to avoid unintended behavior or collisions.

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Automating Key Management with Ansible Using ansible.utils.remove_keys

Introduction In automation workflows, efficient data manipulation plays a crucial role, especially when managing sensitive data or cleaning structured inputs.

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Automating Distributed File System Replication (DFSR) with Ansible

Distributed File System Replication (DFSR) is a powerful feature that ensures files are synchronized across multiple servers in a network.

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Resolve "List Object Has No Attribute Length" in Ansible

The error message list object has no attribute length typically occurs in Ansible when attempting to use the attribute length on a list.

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Ansible Role Input Validation with validate_argument_spec

Introduction Ensuring the integrity of inputs in automation workflows is crucial, especially in a dynamic and modular framework like Ansible.

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Conditional Ansible Role Execution in Playbooks

Conditional Role Execution in Ansible: A Guide to Running the Datadog Role Based on Variables In complex infrastructure environments, there are often scenarios where you need to run specific tasks or roles conditionally.

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Effective Techniques to Clear Host Errors in Ansible Playbooks

Handling Host Errors in Ansible In any automation system, handling errors efficiently is crucial to ensure smooth operations.

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Integrate Ansible with VMware vRealize Automation Efficiently

Introduction As IT environments become increasingly complex, the need for robust automation tools to manage infrastructure across various platforms is more critical than ever.

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Ansible Development: A Comprehensive Guide

Ansible Development: A Comprehensive Guide Ansible is an open-source automation tool developed by Red Hat that enables IT professionals to automate tasks such as configuration management, application deployment, and task automation.

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Configuring Ansible Python Interpreter

Introduction When working with Ansible, ensuring the correct Python interpreter is used on managed nodes is crucial for executing tasks seamlessly.

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Event-Driven Ansible: Revolutionizing IT Automation

Event-Driven Ansible: Revolutionizing IT Automation Event-Driven Ansible (EDA) represents a significant leap forward in the realm of IT automation, offering a dynamic and responsive approach to managing IT environments.

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Ansible Automation: Transform IT Operations with Ease

Ansible Automation: Streamlining IT Operations Ansible Automation is revolutionizing IT operations by providing a simple, agentless, and powerful platform for automating tasks across a wide range of environments.

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Ansible Configuration File (ansible.cfg): A Comprehensive Guide

The ansible.cfg file is a crucial component in the Ansible ecosystem, providing a centralized configuration point to customize the behavior of Ansible.

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Ansible-Core: The Foundation of Modern IT Automation

Ansible-Core is the minimalist, yet powerful, foundation of the Ansible automation ecosystem.

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Project Policy Validation with OPA and ansible-policy

Introduction There’s a new Ansible feature in town, and I’m thrilled to announce the Ansible Policy utility, which can directly interact with the Open Policy Agent (OPA).

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Ansible Troubleshooting: Fix Jinja2 Syntax & Inventory Errors

Introduction In the world of IT automation with Ansible, encountering errors during playbook execution is a common hurdle for many practitioners.

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